October, 2006
October 30th, 2006
A friend wondering about the battery life of a new lighting set suggested that it would be nice if there was an online battery life calculator.
Such problems are easy to solve in Excel, but doing the same on the web would require a little more effort.
Until Google Spreadsheets that is.
So here’s an online battery […]
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October 30th, 2006
Torq Fitness make some of our favourite products and it’s no coincidence that my best racing years came when I was being coached by Matt Hart.
They are having a special Happy Halloween promotion on 31st October, natch, to mark the launch of their new recovery formulation. It’s pumpkin free.
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October 27th, 2006
No Page or Plant here
The latest version of iTunes has an “Automatic Album Art” feature.
As long as you have an iTunes Store account, iTunes will automatically fetch available album art for any CD you imported to iTunes.
This feature has turned into a source of amusement.
Sites such as last.fm have developed a way of tagging and […]
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October 24th, 2006
After a long hot summer autmun eventually arrived.
Not short-sleeves warm anymore, but not cold enough to be crisp. Distant fells hide in a cladding of steel grey while the lowland trails are lit by a low sun. The ground is holding water, claggy mud gets everywhere. Streams are swollen knee deep. Try to avoid the […]
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October 18th, 2006
James Huang over at Cycling News has been forced to amend his original 29er v 26er test after all the indoctrinated 29er zealots got all fundamental on his ass. Some of the changes make sense, others don’t.
For instance 29ers can’t get such low gears as 26ers using the 104/64mm bolt circle diamtere popular on […]
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October 18th, 2006
Finally a response from Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety
The issues you raise are a concern to all those involved in road safety and it is sensible that these are discussed at the correct forum.
They tell me to raise them at the cycle forum.
That’s a forum that the Highways designers have so far resolutely not attended. […]
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October 17th, 2006
Following the success of the geared 853 Inbred Brant at On-One is offering one up again.
Only this time it’s singlespeed. Sliding dropouts. Disc brakes only. Geometry for 4 to 5 inch travel forks. Limited to 100.
Still don’t know if you can ask him not to sign it.
Just waiting for an 853 Pompino offer now.
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October 16th, 2006
My wife has a licence from British Dressage to put together CDs for her dressage to music tests. British Dressage pay Phonographic Performance Limited a small fortune each year to grant their members this privilege.
But DRM doesn’t respect our rights to take tracks that we have paid for, and that we have a licence to […]
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October 14th, 2006
The Alta is developed by Bleed (graphic designers), Norway Says (furniture designers), Frost Produkt (product designers) and Shnel&Melnychuck (advertising agency).
Lovely bikes, but can you see me cringing? Give me Tom Ritchey any day.
More at Alta Bikes.
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October 13th, 2006
Image courtesy Velonews
Project Rwanda is a project set up by Tom Ritchey (Ritchey Logic) to “Further the economic development of Rwanda through initiatives based on the bicycle as a tool and symbol of hope”.
Not selling them the latest fashionista mountain bikes, but sustainable transport.
Contrast that with Trek’s attitude to China.
Well done Tom.
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The things we listen to are occasionally logged on Last.fm

New! iPod updating courtesy of iScrobbler.
It doesn't update from the wheels of steel though :-)
Remember kids, vinyl can't carry Digital Rights Management.

in no particular order...

For all that we like the up-to-the minute offerings of the web there‚s nothing like a proper badly photocopied A5 fanzine or a glossily printed proper magazine to keep you occupied on the throne. Here, in no particular order, is our material of choice.

Singletrack

The Outcast

Dirt Rag

Bike
If anyone has a full set of NEMBA results (that‚s North of England for you colonial types) then please forward them.
sometimes you just gotta take action, or at least be able to get our hands on the FACTS